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Re: Diglossia (was Re: Nur-ellen in the world of Brithenig)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 12, 2000, 14:48
Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> In fact, the Standard German spoken in Northern Germany is actually > quite Standard, because the local dialects are a different language. > The problem is Bavarians, Austrians and that lot, who think their > regional variants of High German are intelligible to people who have > learnt Standard German as a second language.
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